Butter-cutting machine.



E. FRANKE.

BUTTER CUTTING TMCHINE.v

APPLYCTION FILED AUG-25| l9l3.

1,135,005. Patented Apr. 13, 1915.

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THE NGQRIS PE fEi-s CO.. PHOTO-LITHO., WASHINGTUN. D4 C.

E. FITANKE.l

BUTTER CUTTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED Aue.25. 1913.

Patented Apr. 18, 1915.

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l lll llIII THE NDRRIS PETERS C0.. PHOTG-LITHa, WASHINGTON D. C4

BUTTERLCUT'VIING MACHINE.

*Y To all whom t may Concern: i'

`vBe it known tha-t I,l EDWIN FRANKE, a Citizen of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Butter- `Cutting Machines, for which I hereby apply for Letters Patent, and of which the following is av specification. l

The object of my invention is to provide a 1 vbutter cutter vcomprising a rectangular frame having horizontal wires that slice the brickV of butter uponthe platform of the l machine vertically "and transversely, that canfbe raised up and `outwof the way in such a 'manner 'as not to interfere with the hands lof .the-operator' inl removing the butter or Y when replacing a fresh brick of butter upon videmeanswherebythe transverse wires ofV the platform preparatoryto cuttingit into f' squares. j V f p `-Another object of. my invention is toppro-` this frame may be tightened simultaneously, quickly and. easily.v v I These fand other objects I accomplish by simple. and economically `constructed means yhereinafter fully describedfa-nd as particularly pointed out in the claims.V

` VInthe drawin s Fio'ure l! is a sidev view offmy invention.y Fig. 2 is a front ielevation ofthe rectangular vertically disposed cut- "tingframe separated from the machine and y with theshaft of the b ar employed to recip- 1 rocate it, in section.l `Fig. Slis a plan view of said machine.. Fig. 4j is a planrview of the underside of the .horizontal cutter-frame,

i .showing one cornerlthereofginsection. Fig. 5-"is a` vertical section throughsaid frame taken on dotted line 5-'5, Figs4. Fig; Gris the machine, 'taken on dotted line 6 6,

" Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, l represents ya horizontal rectangular base the outer surface ofwhichris preferably coatof porcelain a, and they fiat top of Vwhich vVis providedwith llongitudinal Vribs 2, 2, that extend from near the front end of the' base to near the'rear end'thereof.y At the center v yof 'its front end this base is provided with a yertically projecting guide-lug .40, .which is preferably, 'provided with: a cylindrical ex#l tension 4l extending rearwardly therefrom Y concentric to a. horizontal opening made llongitudinally through lsaid lug. I .Y

Near the rear/end offthe base, preferably,

at points in alinementv with thelribs 2,.` ver- Speccaton vofl Letters Patent. l

nected by covered `by a Viially .downward tical standards vare secured thereto by means of suitable screws, substantially as shown.

ward the forward end of preferably, above this a transverse wall 5 gles to the tutes a backA for the same.

Platform t is to wall 5 side, Yand ILUNITED s'rnrns PATENT Aorricu.

I Patenteanpr;13,;1915. Application filed August 25, 1913. Serial No. 786,535. y j i I.

.60 the base, which is, l 7 cast'in one piece therewith,'an d platform said standards are con-f1,

the rforward surface of which is, preferably,y at right'an-f" provided with a longitu-` dinal slot lthat extends from its front edge midway between its "longitiidinall this slot .is designed to -accoi'ni--l modateand'permit the longitudinal passage;rv i

therethrough of the vertical stretch ofy aficutting Wire-34:,r which fis carried by a ver-v tica'lly'v disposed rectangularfcutting frame The lower horizontal member lof frame 32 passes under platform 4 and it is secured" tothe 'rear-f of a longitudii'iallyl disposed-v push-bar 38 whichllatter extends l0ngitudinally through the guide-'lug'tO vand its ex`v tensioiitl and has a kno-b 'i I end. The -horizontal .l member p so 39,011 its forward Y rectangulafru` frame 32 is provided with-two recesses-32,l in its under edge that are adapted to 'ridev upon ribs 2 ofthe base, and the upper edge n of this lowerrmember is raise-d mediatertS-g ends and is provided with recesses on either side of vits centeroflengtlrthat are engaged by longitudinally extendingtenons y v.depending from the underside of platkOne end of wire 34:

extends down through vform 4, substantiallyas shown inFigg 6 Vf i: r rthe drawings. 'f i u 1v of llength of the upper edge of the lower horizontal member of and is secured by a set-`screw 35, *From thence this wire 34 extends vvertically up l throughV a suitable aperture made in heupthe vertical frame 32,

perf horizontalv member" of said vertical` frame,fas shown in Fig.. `2 of the ings, and then` groove 36 extending,asy shown-in thedraw? "ings, longitudinallyin the 'upper edge' of the i. 4 upper member to the right,

draw i .I ,Y traverses alongitudinal per right liandfcorne'r and then lvongitudiin the outer edge Of the".v

right 'hand vertical member'of said verticalV4 vmember, of said lvertical rectangular frame."

a distance c'o'rrespondiiigto about oghlfg@ the 'space' inclosed byVr saidjf:

, 615 bed of the platform andconsti-l Y vertical rectangular frame. 1t then Ypasses transversely and horizontally through a suitable aperture in the right hand vertical member of said vertical slicing frame to and through the left handV vertical member thereof where it is secured by a set-screw 37. Both the vertical and the horizontal stretches of this wire 3-1 are drawn taut, and should said wirebecome loose it could be easily tightened by means of set-screws and 37. Y

rlhe outer vertical side edges of standards 6 are provided with vertical grooves which extend from the base of the standards to near the upper ends thereof, to receive the stripped ends of guide-screws 9 that are tapped laterally through the outer connecting web of channel-shaped lugs 3 which latterare made integral with the inner rear angles or corners of the horizontally disposed rectangular cutting frame 7. l/Vhen this frame 7 is in a horizontal position, substantially as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, these guide-screws can be moved vertically up and down in the guide-grooves in the standard and thus enable said frame to be correspondingly moved, and when this frame 7 is moved to the limit of its vertical movement over platform 4 said screws will have reached the Yupper limits of said guidegrooves and can be swung upward to the rear of the standards on the transverse axis of its rear memberthe lower ends of the rear flanges of the channel-shaped lugs 8 being cut away sulliciently to permit said cutting frame to be thus swung backward, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, in which position said frame is supported by the lower ends of the forward flanges of said channel-shapedvlugs'resting on the tops of the standards. rlhe forward and rear transverse members of frame 7 are provided with longitudinally projecting lugs 10 and 11, and these lugs are grasped by the operator, when said frame is swung downward into the horizontal position, and moved vertically to and from the pla-ne of the platform to cut the butter. Theside-members of the horizontal cutting frame 7 are connected by the transverse stretches of a wire 15, and the underside of, say, the right hand longitudinal member of this frame is provided with a series of downwardly projecting pins 19, 20, 22, 24, 26 and 30, and vthe underside of the left hand longitudinal member of said vframe is provided with a series of depending bosses 21, 25 and 29, and with a pin 17 for the guidance of wire 15. The right hand longitudinal member of said frame 7 is made tubular and its bore 12 extends from the rear end thereof to near the front end thereof, and the rear of this bore is, preferably, slightly reduced in diameter and screwthreaded to permit the insertion of the smooth portion of a bolt 12 and permit the screw-threaded mouth of the same to be engaged by the threaded portion 13 of the bolt adjacent tothe head l111 thereof. At points in the saine transverse plane as pins 18, 22 and 26, the smooth part of bolt 12 is provided with a series of pins 19, 23 and 27 Vthat pro-ject out through suitable slots in the underside of the longitudinal member of vcutting-frame 7 in which said bolt is placed. One end of wire 15 is secured to the barrel of a set-screw 16 tapped into the left hand longitudinal member of frame 7 near its forward end, and from thence it is threaded around pin 17v and'then transversely across the open space between the longitudinal members to pin 18; then around pin 19 on bolt 12,'thence to and around pin 20, and then transversely across to the opposite longitudinal member of frame 7 around the recessed outer side of boss 21; thence back across tothe first mentioned side member to and around pin 22; then around pin 23 projecting from the bolt; then to and around pin 24; then transversely across to boss 25 around the recessed outer side thereof; back across to pin 26, and thence to pin 27 projecting from the bolt; thence lto pin 28 across boss 29 around its recessed outer edge back across to pin 30 to a set screw 31, to which latter and byrmeans of which the rear end of said wire 15 is secured. Now, it will be apparent that by tightening up bolt 12, pins 19, 23 and 27 will move longitudinally, and simultaneously tighten all the transverse stretches of wire 15.

1n operation, a brick of butter is placed upon the platform 4C with its rear end against wall 5 after the vertical frame has been drawn to the front end of the platform. The vertical frame is then pushedto the rear until it bears against wall 5, and wire 34 cuts the brick longitudinali into four corresponding sections each o which will be substantially square in cross-section. The horizontal cutting framer32 is then swung into a horizontal position over the brick of butter and then is moved downward in its horizontal position so that the transverse` stretches of wire 15 cut the brick of butter transversely into, say, thirty-six squares of butter each about one-half inch in thickness. rlhis can be done quickly and neatly without the loss of any butter by my improvements, which are particularly useful in boardinghouses, hotels, restaurants, and other places of gastronomic economy.

What I claim as new isz' 1. 1n a butter cutting machine, a horizontal platform, vertical standards eXtending from said platform and having longitudinal grooves that terminate below the top thereof, a movable cutting frame, transverse channel shaped lugs extending from the cutter-frame in the channels of which the vertical standards project, and an element pro- .fjecting each ofthe slidably and rockablyjittingin the groovel tal platform,

channel lugs and of the standard. v 2. In a butter cutting machine, a horizonvertical standards extending from said platform and having longitudinal grooves that terminate below the toptherel of, a movable cutting frame, transverse channel shaped lugs extending from the cutterframe inthe channels of Which the`vertical standards project, and' a removable'screw in each channel lug having a` projecting endslidably and rockably fitting in the groove of the standard.

3. Ina fbutter cutting machine, a horizontal platform, vertical standards extending from said platform and having longitudinal grooves that. terminate loelovs7 vthe top there-V C'opies' of` this patent may be obtained for iiveA cents each, by addressing" the (Jommissio'neifir offPatets, ir Y movement. i In testimony 1n presence Vof two of, a movable cutting frame, transversejchan-d nelrshaped'jlugs extending from the cutter j j frame in the channelsofwhichthe vertical' standards project, a .removable screvv, inr

of the standard, anda portion of theside* of said screw at ,whereof I afliX my signature Witnesses. i Y Y EDWIN FRANKE. Witnessesff; i v OLIVER M. 'O`LsoN,

JAMES M. DOWDNEY.

Washington, D. Cl

each vchannel lug having a projecting `end l, slidably and rockablylitting in the groove.`

25 r iangeof thechanel lug in' the 4vicinityfof l.; v said screw lloeing suitablycut'away to permit said cutting frame to be rocked on the axis ff the limit of its ,1lPWard' 

